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APPLICATION FILED 'SEPI'. 7, 1906.

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v and that maybe operated by hand in an;t polt. beveled portions of the teeth on plate 8v "BERRY, a citizen of the United States, residl mers and I do hereby declare the following Yto be a full, clear, and exact description of UNITED STATES PATE-Nr onirica.

HEDGE-TRINIIVIER.

No. 854,594. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 21 1907.

Applicata-filed september 7,1906. serrano 333,695.

To all whom t may concern: n

Be it known that I, JOHN THEoDoRE NEW- ing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of Virginia, havey invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hedge-Trimthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains'to' make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hedge trimmers and particularly to hand op- `erated trimmers.

The invention comprises the production of a plurality of independently moving cutters, levers for operating the same, said levers being positioned preferably so as to project the cutters to one side of the operator, and positioned on said levers at an angle for permitting the operation of the cutters Without causing the operators hands to come in oontact with the hedge or the like that is being operated upon.

The object in view is the production of a hedge trimmer having a plurality of cutters that are adapted to be independently operated and give a considerable reciprocation, and levers positioned at an angle to said cutters for operating the same.

Another object in view is the production of a hedge trimmer having a plurality of cutters, the levers attached thereto for operating the same, said levers being positioned in such a relation to said cutters as to permit the cutters to operate at one side of the operator and yet permit the operator to apply power to the center of the cutters.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises'certain other novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

sition desired. It has also been found desirable to provide a device that will operate to one side of the operator so as to be able to trim or cut hedge fences and the like without causing the operator to reach-to any considerable extent over the fence.-It is to this class of inventions and to accomplish these desirable results that the present invention is directed.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, l, 1, indicates a pair of handles or grips that are secured in any convenient way to a pair of levers 2 and 3. The lever 2 is made from a straight piece of metal and bent at 4, in order to allow the gripping port-ion 1 .to be at a convenient point above the plane of the operating knives, to be hereinafter more fully described. The lever 3 is formed substantially of the same shape as lever 2, with the exception that the same is provided about midway may be of any desired length. The eXtension 5 has pivotally secured thereto at 6 the lever 2. By thus providing a pivot point at 6 the lever 3 may be positie ed near one end of the cutting knives, :i nd al o at in angle of mitting the lever 2 to o orat( at substantially right angle to the and to apply power to the said cutters centrally thereof. The lever 3 is preferably rigidly secured to the cutter or saw-toothed knife 7 a short distance nearer one end than the other, as will be clearly seen in Fig. 3. Positioned above cu-tter 7 and in contact therewith is the second cutter or knife 8, which is adapted to operate in conjunction with cutter 7. TheV cutter 7 has formed therein, preferably near each end thereof, slots 9 and 10 in which reciprocate bolts 11 and 12 carried by the plate 8. The bolts 11 and 12 are preferably formed with s uare Shanks so as to more easily and perfectly guide the cutter 3 in its reciproca- In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hedge trimmer embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 p5 a. evation ofFig. 1, portion; e the cutters being shown in section. 111g. 3 1.a a bottom plan view of the cutting knives and surrounding parts, the operating levers or l handles being broken away. Fig. 4 is a sec-.l tion through Fig. 3 online 3, 3.

In the production 0fhedge trimmers and the like it has been found desirable to produce a device that will give a shearing cut tory movement. y

The provision of the bolts 11 and' 12 sel cured to the plate8, andslots 9 and 10 formed in the ptfej produce a structure in which the knit/GS or@ always kept in position for operation. The knives or cutters are formed with teeth as 13, having beveled ortiens 14 and l5 for forming a cutting e ge. Both knives have their teeth formed exactly alike and are adapted to have the beveled portions vthereof positioned so as to have the cutting portions register when in operation, that is,

of its length with a lateral extension 5, which less than a right angle thereto and yet pyer- IOO IIO

will be facing upward, while the beveledportions on the plate 7 will be facing downward, thus giving a sharp cutting edge at the point of contact.

en in operation the knives are o erated by means of the levers 2 and 3 and t e hanles or grips' 1, 1', held in any osition that may be desired either to trim t e to 'of the hedge or the side thereof. As the ledge is trimmed and the operator proceeds the curve of the levers-at 4 permits the knives 7 and 8 to be held in a horizontal plane and yet have the grips 1, 1, outof contact with the hedge, and consequently the operators hands free fiin contact with the hedge.

It will also be noted that in operation the knives are adapted to reci rocate a considerable distance, and prefera ly are adapted to reci rocate so that any one tooth on either kni e will reciprocate to such a distance as to leave its corresponding tooth and pass completely by the adjacent tooth and take a position immediately above the second' tooth from its first position, as will be clearly seen in dotted lines in Fig. 1`.

One of the important features of the present invention is the forming of the lever 3 with the extension 5, and also the position of the lever 3 at a less angle than45 degrees to the cutter so as to placev the grip 1 substantially opposite one end of the cutting knives. This will permit the device to be so held that the same will not operate .in front of the operator but to one side thereof. The positioning of the lever 3 at a less angle than 45 35 degrees to the knife 7 does not in the least interfere with sup lying power centrally to the knife 8, as the ever 2 is pivotally mounted upon the extension 5 at 6, which brings the same in such a position as to be at a right an- 4o gle to the knife 8 when the same is midway of its reciprocation.-

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to-secure by A Letters Patent is 45 A hedge trimmer comprising a plurality of knives having cutting teeth formed thereon,

a lever securednear one end of one of said knives, a lever secured centrally of the other of said knives, a projection formed integral 5o with the first named lever for holdin the second named lever in position, both o said levers being bent at their outer ends in a dif- I ferent plane from said knives.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature 5 5 in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN lllEODOlIE NEWBERRY.

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